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The original Greek spelling had 171 characters (something which is not obvious in the [[Roman alphabet|Roman]] transcription, depending on the variant) and for centuries it was the [[longest word]] known |
The original Greek spelling had 171 characters (something which is not obvious in the [[Roman alphabet|Roman]] transcription, depending on the variant) and for centuries it was the [[longest word]] known{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} and it is considered the longest word ever to appear in literature.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EKSHvbY5howC&q=%22longest+word%22+aristophanes&dq=%22longest+word%22 Guinness Book of World Records, 1990 ed, pg. 129] ISBN 0806957905</ref> |
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The dish was a [[fricassée]], with at least 16 sweet and sour ingredients, including the following:<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EKSHvbY5howC&q=%22longest+word%22+aristophanes&dq=%22longest+word%22 Guinness Book of World Records, 1990 ed, pg. 129] ISBN 0806957905</ref> |
The dish was a [[fricassée]], with at least 16 sweet and sour ingredients, including the following:<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EKSHvbY5howC&q=%22longest+word%22+aristophanes&dq=%22longest+word%22 Guinness Book of World Records, 1990 ed, pg. 129] ISBN 0806957905</ref> |
Revision as of 21:00, 14 May 2010
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon is a fictional dish mentioned in Aristophanes' comedy Assemblywomen.[1]
It is a transliteration of the Ancient Greek word λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματοσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλλιοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιραιοβαφητραγανοπτερύγων in the Greek alphabet (1169–74). Liddell & Scott translate this as "name of a dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces."[2]
The original Greek spelling had 171 characters (something which is not obvious in the Roman transcription, depending on the variant) and for centuries it was the longest word known[citation needed] and it is considered the longest word ever to appear in literature.[3]
The dish was a fricassée, with at least 16 sweet and sour ingredients, including the following:[4]
- Fish slices
- Fish of the Elasmobranchii subclass (a shark or ray)
- Rotted dogfish or small shark's head
- Generally sharp-tasting dish of several ingredients grated and pounded together
- Silphion "laserwort," apparently a kind of giant fennel
- A kind of crab, shrimp, or crayfish
- Honey poured down
- Wrasse (or thrush)
- Was topped with a kind of sea fish or Blackbird
- Wood pigeon
- Domestic pigeon
- Chicken
- Roasted head of dabchick
- Hare, which could be a kind of bird or a kind of sea hare
- New wine boiled down
- Wing and/or fin
See also
References
- ^ Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (ed. Eugene O'Neill, Jr.), line 1163
- ^ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dlopadotemaxoselaxogaleokranioleiyanodrimupotrimmato
- ^ Guinness Book of World Records, 1990 ed, pg. 129 ISBN 0806957905
- ^ Guinness Book of World Records, 1990 ed, pg. 129 ISBN 0806957905